| Nymphaea conardii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Species: | N. conardii |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea conardii Wiersema [1] | |
Nymphaea conardii is a species of waterlily native to the region spanning from Southern Mexico to tropical South America. [1]
Nymphaea conardii is an aquatic herb [2] with ovoid, 4.5 cm wide rhizomes. [3] The ovate-elliptical leaf blade is uniformly green, [4] and it can reach up to 18 cm in length and 14 cm in width. [5] The leaf venation is reticulate and dichotomous, with 9-15 primary veins. [3] The leaf blade is attached to glabrous, max. 4 mm wide petioles with 2-4 primary and 4-6 secondary air canals. [5]
The nocturnal flowers float on the water surface. [2] The flowers have glabrous, non-brittle green peduncles with 5-6 primary, central air canals and 10-12 secondary, smaller, peripheral canals. [4] The flowers have uniformly green, 3-6 cm long and 1-3 cm wide, oblong-ovate sepals with an slightly rounded or acute apex. [5] The fruits are 1.5-1.7 cm long and 2.5-2.9 cm wide. [4] The granulose, pilose, ellipsoid seeds have trichomes arranged in interrupted, longitudinal lines. [2] The trichomes are 10–60 μm long. [6]
The diploid chromosome count is 2n = 28. [5]
It is stoloniferous, but only in a brief period in which the tubers resume growth. [7] Proliferating pseudanthia are absent. [2] [5]
Autogamy is possible, as the stigma retains its female function in the second day, when the pollen is released, thus enabling self-fertilization. [8] The seed dispersal is hydrochorous (i.e. water-dispersed) or ornithochorous (i.e. bird-dispersed). [9]
The type specimen was collected on the 29th of August 1981 by J.H. Wiersema and A. Gonzalez from a pond in the Sosa Municipality of Barinas, Venezuela. [10] [5]
It is placed in Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis. [6] [7] It is closely related to Nymphaea gardneriana , Nymphaea glandulifera , and Nymphaea jamesoniana . [11]
The specific epithet conardii honours the botanist Henry Shoemaker Conard (1874 - 1971). [7]
Nymphaea conardii is considered to be vulnerable (VU) in Cuba. [12]
It inhabits flooded savannas, shallow lagoons, and Morichales associated with still water (i.e. wetlands characterized by the presence of the moriche palm Mauritia flexuosa ) at elevations of 0-200 m above sea level. [9] It is also found in ponds and temporary ditches. [5]
It is pollinated by beetles. [9]
Nymphaea glandulifera is a species of waterlily native to tropical America.
Nymphaea prolifera is a species of waterlily naturally found from Mexico to Brazil and northeastern Argentina. Additionally, it has been reported to occur in Uruguay.
Nymphaea gardneriana is a species of waterlily native to Cuba and tropical South America.
Nymphaea potamophila is a species of waterlily native to the region spanning from Venezuela to northern Brazil. Additionally, it has been reported to occur in Colombia.
Nymphaea oxypetala is a species of waterlily native to Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Venezuela. It is a remarkable species with excessively acuminate and acute sepals and petals.
Nymphaea rudgeana is a species of waterlily native to the region spanning from Mexico to tropical South America.
Nymphaea tenuinervia is a species of waterlily native to Colombia, Guyana and Brazil.
Nymphaea jamesoniana is a species of waterlily native to the USA, Mexico, and tropical South America.
Nymphaea belophylla is a species of waterlily native to Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela.
Nymphaea amazonum is a species of water lily native to the region spanning from Mexico to tropical South America. It has been introduced to Bangladesh.
Nymphaea caatingae is a species of waterlily endemic to Northeast Brazil.
Nymphaea paganuccii is a species of waterlily endemic to Brazil.
Nymphaea lasiophylla is a species of waterlily native to East Brazil. It has also been introduced to the Venezuelan Antilles.
Nymphaea pedersenii is a species of waterlily native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Nymphaea lingulata is a species of waterlily native to Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Nymphaea novogranatensis is a species of waterlily native to Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Nymphaea atrans is a species of waterlily is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Nymphaea gracilis is a species of waterlily endemic to Mexico. It is the only species of its genus, which is endemic to Mexico.
Nymphaea loriana is a species of waterlily endemic to Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Canada.
Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.